4 Pups Squared

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

{PIN}spirational Challenge // #313 ...A monthly Pinterest inspired challenge!!  Each month of 2024 we are asked to use a crafting supply along with the given Pinterest photo as our inspiration.  "Designer Paper" is the crafting supply called for during the month of May.  My inspiration from the photo is the yellow color (it kinda pops out at you) and the busy print (thus my choice of busy paw printed paper).

Time Out Challenge // #TOC262 ...A photo inspired challenge!!  Puppies and more puppies!!  Perfect for this puppy love tablet that I found hidden away in my stash.  It is from back in my scrapbooking day.  I no longer scrapbook & we no longer have a dog but have lots of friends that do.  So I will use this tablet with them in mind and make cards.

The Paper Players // #PP687 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch worked perfectly for showcasing this fun patterned paper that I found during my craft clean out.

Retro Rubber Challenge // #rrcb229 ...A game board challenge!!  This challenge also calls for us to use a stamp that is over a year old...how about nine years?!?  That make it really retro!!  My winning three in a row on this game board: die (sentiment die), distressing (got to play with my distressing tool that has hidden away...used on all the edges), and ribbon (brown sheer ribbon that is very retro).

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

New Challenge @ Cardz 4 Guyz

 

Today begins a new challenge at...

Cardz 4 Guyz // #C4G346 ...A masculine challenge with a theme.  The theme for today's challenge "Welcome to the Jungle"!!  I pulled out a retired stamp set from Stampin Up for this challenge...Animal Outings.  Looks like Jolanda and I were thinking alike!!  How funny that out of all the jungle sets we picked the same one and then out of the 4 animals in that set, we picked the same one.  Great minds think alike!! LOL

#C4G346 // Welcome to the Jungle

Now it is your turn!!  Hop on over to our blog for all the details about our new challenge.  While there you can gather some inspiration from the rest of the design team...they have some great masculine jungle themed cards.

2 other challenges inspired today's card...

Sketch~N~Scrap Challenge // #SNS264 ...A sketch challenge!!  Every card needs a starting point and a sketch challenge always gives you a starting foundation.

Just Add Ink // #JAI699 ...A color challenge!!  The three colors called for in this challenge are Starry Sky, Berry Burst, and Coastal Cabana.  A jungle color combination for my rhino and his birdie bestie!!

Card #2 was inspired by 3 challenges...

Inspired By Challenges // #IB286 ...An inspiration challenge!!  My inspiration from this photo was the yellow polk-a-dotted ribbon, and the cluster of flowers.  This challenge also offers an option sketch and I used that as well.

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc470 ...A technique challenge!!  This challenge is asking for a "pocket full of posies"!!  I used some Spellbinders dies for my posies and Stampin Up's Pocket Full of Sunshine (retired) for my pocket.

TicTacToe Challenges // #tttc246 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this game board: flowers (Spellbinders die), embossing (heat embossed the denim pocket details & the sentiment in white embossing powder), and gems (a trio of rhinestones)

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

My Mistake...

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Sunday Stamps // #SSC463 ...A sketch challenge!!  My mistake from yesterday...left town without creating a card for the challenge that began yesterday!!  Kinda hard to create a card without supplies while camping with grands!!  But here is my make up card now that I am home.  Hop on over to the Sunday Stamps blog and play along with us.  We would love to see your take on our new "Front & Center" sketch challenge!!

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS436 ...A color challenge!!  Petal Pink, Garden Green, and Pretty Peacock are the colors called for in this challenge.

Just Us Girls // #JUG724 ...A stencil challenge!!  This anything goes stencil challenge is super fun for me because I love using stencils.  I have not gotten into the new layered up one but they are on my wish list.  For now I'm enjoying the ones I have and mostly using them as backgrounds.

Inspire.Create.Challenge // #ICC166 ...A theme challenge!!  "Somthing New" is the theme for this current challenge.  I am using my new french press die that I just ordered from Stampin Up.  It took me a minute to figure out how this one layered up but I think I got it right.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

New Challenge @ Sunday Stamps #SSC334

Today begins a new challenge at Sunday Stamps but I totally dropped the ball and didn't make one before we left for a camping trip with my daughter and her family in KY.  I made and photographed card to post each day that I was gone but totally missed that Sunday should have been a card for the beginning of a new challenge at Sunday Stamps!!  GRRRR!!  A big apology to my design team members for dropping the ball.  When I return home today I will try and create a card for this sketch.  Even though I don't have a card for this new challenge that begins today, I want to tell you all about it!!  It is a sketch challenge and offers lots of open space for stamping and creating.  We hope you will join the fun and play along with our "Front and Center" sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps!!

Today's card was inspired by 4 challenges...

The Color Hues Challenge // #TCH85 ...A color challenge!!  The duo of colors called for in this current challenge is pink & yellow!!  A perfectly springy color combo!!

Try A Sketch On Tuesday // #TSOT645 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for playing with a new spiral tablet of shaped designer papers.  I torn out this pink "note book" paper oval and stamped it up.

Alphabet Challenge // 19APR24 ...An alphabet challenge!!  B is for bird!!  I used Stampin Up's bird builder punch (retired) for my litttle birdie.

Colorful Options // APR2024 ...A color challenge!!  Pastels were called for in the color challenge for April.  I am thinking that yellow and pink are just perfectly pastel!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

100% Spoiled

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge // #535 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for playing with a tablet of papers and stickers that I found during my craft clean out.  I made this 100% spoiled puppy card with a friend in mind who just recently got a new puppy!!

Never Before Used Schtuff // #NBUS61 ...A "never been used" challenge!!  A true find during my craft clean out...left over brand new tablet of paper and stickers that have a puppy theme.  We no longer have a dog and I am longer scrapbooking so this tablet will get used for cards for friends with dogs.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Good Times...

 2 challenges inspired today's card...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS633 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for the good times retro card.  I am using a pad of papers that I found while doing a craft clean out.  I love the retro look.

Color Throwdown Challenge // #ctd790 ...A color challenge!!  The color combo for this current challenge is yellow, green, and aqua.  The pad of paper that I found was perfect for this color combo...all the papers used on this card came out of the same pad.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Let's Chat

 

3 challenges inspired today's card...

Global Design Project // #GDP442 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for showcasing my new Stampin Up stamp set...Coffee With Friends.  

Inspire.Create.Challenge // #ICC166 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this current challenge is "something new".  A new set of stamps workes perfect for this challenge!!

INKspirational Challenges // #IC314 ...A "mood board" challenge!!  My inspiration for the mood board: the colors and the "you are cool" sentiment!!  How cool of these chics to meet for coffee and a chat!!

Never Before Used Schtuff // #NBUS61 ...A "never been used" challenge!!  This is a montly challenge all about showcasing new items or things that you have yet to use.  Today, I am using a new stamp set.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)